Soil solarization is a natural, hydrothermal process of disinfesting soil of plant pests that is accomplished through passive solar heating. Solarization occurs through a combination of physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms, and is compatible with many other disinfestation methods to provide integrated pest management. Commercially, it is used on a relatively small scale worldwide as a ...

This study was carried out to determine effects of different durations (20, 40, 60 days and control) of cold stratification treatments on seed germination and to overcome dormancy in seeds of twelve different drought tolerant plants. The species used in this study were Arbutus andrachne L., Cistus creticus L., Colutea armena Bois. Huet., Cotinus coggygria Scop., Cotoneaster numullaria Fisch. an...

Although different modifications of ridge tillage (RT) systems exist in regions around the world, positive impacts RT on crop yields and weed management are quite similar. This review gives a comprehensive summary forms highlights benefits for growth, mainly due to better access soil moisture, nutrients light. In temperate areas, can accelerate emergence because temperature is usually higher ri...

Mulching is done to conserve moisture, improve the fertility & health of soil, reduce weed growth, and enhance Beauty area. Before laying mulch sheets, suitable seedbed preparation major tasks before farmers. Traditionally, seedbeds are prepared with help draught animals or machines then mulching by manually which very time energy consuming. However, each these operations individually, resu...

In many forage legumes, hard seed coat is the main problem impeding thegermination by preventing water and gases transport in seed. We evaluated theeffects of mechanical scarification, chilling, different seedbeds (peat and sand) andtheir combination on the germination ratio and time of 9 naturally grown legumespecies belonging Lathyrus and Vicia genus. Control seeds showed very lowgermination ...

The ability to resist apoptotic and non-apoptotic cell death is considered to be a hallmark of cancer because all cancers share this characteristic [Hanahan and Weinberg, 2011]. How this particular hallmark facilitates the accumulation of oncogenic mutations without triggering apoptosis during the process of initiation and progression of the neoplasm and how it protects cancer cells from succum...

The practice of producing more vigorous seedlings represents a competitive advantage at the time transplanting crop, and use combined biofertilizers are sustainable ecological alternative. objective this research was to select microbial consortium for production F1 2000 hybrid onion seedbeds under shade-house conditions. Five rhizobacterial strains genera Rhizobium (ME01 strain), Bradyrhizobium...